Refuting the allegation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, BNP Standing Commitee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed yesterday said that 'Syndicate of Awami League (AL), not BNP, is involved in the price hike of essential commodities'. Moudud said that the Prime Minister had made this baseless remarks to cover up her and her party's failure to control the price hike.
The deputy speaker, Shawkat Ali, switched off the microphone after the opposition chief whip, Zainul Abdin Farruque, alleged that the prime minister’s son Sajib Wazed Joy was involved in illegal Voice Over Internet Protocol business.
Both the ruling Awami League and the main opposition BNP are beginning countrywide tours this month. Ruling Awami League will seek to know about people's aspirations, demands and suggestions for the government during its month-long countrywide tour. BNP is going to launch 'mass communication tour' programme to gear up organisational activities aimed at preparing the party for an anti-government movement.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Chittagong Hill Tracts on Tuesday said activists of BNP, Islami Chhatra Shibir and UPDF under the leadership of former BNP lawmaker Abdul Wadud Bhuiyan committed the loathsome crime in hills at the instigation of a foreign intelligence agency.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has accused the government of embarking on a plan to ‘eject’ Bengali settlers from Chittagong Hill Tracts and branded the 1997 peace accord ‘anti-constitutional’. It also accused foreign agencies and donors of plotting to create a separate state comprising the three hill districts.
BNP Standing Commitee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain yesterday said that his party would ensure safe return of party's Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman from abroad through launching a tough movement against the government.
Opposition BNP has urged the Prime Minister to shun what it said the politics of revenge or face ouster through mass movement.
BNP Standing Commitee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy yesterday expressed his satisfaction over the High Court's decision regarding withdrawal of three corruption charges against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The ruling Awami League on Wednesday turned down a proposal from the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party for a parliamentary investigation into the oppression of journalists, including the editors of two national dailies, across the country recently.
BNP women leaders wish Chairperson Begom Khleda zia. 3March 2010
